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He joined Bell Laboratories in 1939, becoming head of polymer research and development in 1948; from 1951 to 1954 he was assistant director of chemical and metallurgical research, and dunug the next year was director of physical sciences research. He became vice-president of research in 1955 and had overall responsibility for Bell Laboratories research programs for the next 25 years.
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Mr. Bechtel is chairman of the National Academy of Engineering; a member of the Business Council; a life-term councillor of the Conference Board; a member of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology; a member of Caltech's Building and Grounds Committee; a member of the President's Council, Purdue University; a director of the National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering; an honorary trustee of He California Academy of Sciences; an officer of the French Legion of Honor; a member of the Policy Co~r~ninee of the Business Roundtable; and a member of the LaborManagement Group.
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He came to Harvard from General Electric in 1950 as professor of applied physics. He became dean of engineering and applied physics in 1957 and served in that capacity until 1975, when he was appointed professor of technology and public policy and transferred most of his teaching and research to the Kennedy School of Government, where he heads the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program.
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After 1973 he had overall responsibility for the R&D program for the seven companies comprising the Eastman Chemicals Division of Eastman Kodak Company and had direct responsibility for the leadership of some 1,300 R&D scientists and engineers.
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Prior to that she taught at Boston College from 1965 to 1974. Professor Friedlaender has served on a number of directorships, panels, and committees including the following: Board of Directors, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1983 to the present; Board of Directors, Consolidated Rail Corporation, 1978 to 1981; and Executive Committee, American Economic Association, 1981 to 1984.
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He is a member of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and a member of the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has testified at numerous Senate and congressional hearings on national energy policy and capital formation and has served on many national committees on energy conservation, environmental protection, and international exchange.
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He was elected to fellowship in the A~mencan Association for the Advancement of Science in 1982, the An~encan Statistical Association in 1965, and the Econometnc Society in 1964. He received the John Bates Clark Medal of the American Economic Association in 1971.
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executive officer, combined Production and Resources Board (U.S.-U.K.Canada) ; lieutenant commander, USNR, and deputy chief of secret intelligence, OSS; chief of the Marshall Plan in Europe (with rank of ambassador)
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Since joining Stanford in 1952, Professor Kline has served as director of the Thermosciences Division and is currently supervisor of the Intemal Flow Program. Professor Kline has served as a consultant to various private corporations including General Motors Research, General Electric, E
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Before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty, he taught at Carnegie-Mellon, Yale, Harvard, and the California Institute of Technology. Professor Mansfield has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Econometric Society, and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, and he has held Fulbright and Ford Foundation fellowships.
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Businessland computer centers sell and service microcomputers and related office automation equipment to business and professional people, in addition to providing customer training at each center. Before founding Businessland, Mr.
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He is a fellow of the Institute of Electncal and Electronics Engineers and the 1983 recipient of its Founders Medals He is a fellow and past-president of the Amencan Society for Engineering Education. JAMES BRIAN QUINN is William and Josephine Buchanan Professor of Management at the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartrnou~ College.
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, the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences (Palo Alto, California) , the New York Blood Center, and United Technologies Corpo ration.
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economic activity. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 1982 he was vice-president of economic analysis for the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company.
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Beginning in 1965 he served on the Board of Trustees for the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Cold Spnog Harbor, Long Island, New York, becoming director of the laboratory in 1968 while continuing as a professor at Harvard. In June 1976 he resigned from Harvard in order to serve full time as director.
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The views expressed in this volume are those of the authors and are not presented as the views of the Mellon Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, the Academy Industry Program, the Koret Foundation, or the Industrial Affiliates Program.
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